how to open .docx files?

dougens said:

I am having problems opening my microsoft office documents from work (PC) on my mac at home.

I have microsoft office 2004 for mac version 11 at home.

They usually come up on the mac as .docx files and the default open is bombarchiver which does nothing but create another zip file that opens into another zip file!!

I do not know what the office version is at work but should i be saving it under a specific type of word/excel etc?

Thanks for any help.

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belvdr said:

That's Office 2007.* In the interim, you can use OpenOffice 3.0 to open that file.When you're using Office 2007, if you click Save As, you can save as a standard .doc file (Office 97-2003 format).

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G-Com said:

Try NeoOffice, which is the Cocoa version of OpenOffice.

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• Sky Blue said:

  Download the convertor at Microsoft's Mac site:
  
  http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downlo...d=2A8D9A3B-B8A4-43B6-82A6-A2E7D16AE11D#viewer

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• EricNau said:

  Yes, it sounds like you have Office '07 installed at work. In order to opon documents on older versions of office, you need to select "Word 97-2004 Document (.doc)" as the format upon saving a document on your work PC.
  
  ...Office 2008 (for Mac) can open .docx files.

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yippy said:

If you can't down save them at work and the converter doesn't work for you then you have two option:

1) Download and install OpenOffice 3 which is capable of opening them. Free but the interface is different and there is a chance of compatibility issues.

2) Buy Office Mac 2008 and install it. Costs money but has less chance of compatibility issues. Still uses a different interface than what you are used to but it is more Mac like so should be easy to pick up.

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